Kejadian 27:20

27:20 But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world ¹  did you find it so quickly, ²  my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” ³  he replied. ⁴ 

Kejadian 33:8

33:8 Esau ⁵  then asked, “What did you intend ⁶  by sending all these herds to meet me?” ⁷  Jacob ⁸  replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

Kejadian 46:28

46:28 Jacob ⁹  sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. ¹⁰  So they came to the land of Goshen.

[27:20]  ¹ tn Heb “What is this?” The enclitic pronoun “this” adds emphasis to the question, which is comparable to the English rhetorical question, “How in the world?”

[27:20]  ² tn Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.

[27:20]  ³ tn Heb “caused to meet before me.”

[27:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God….’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[33:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Who to you?”

[33:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “all this camp which I met.”

[33:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to direct before him to Goshen.”